Jennifer Lillis (b. 1989) is a multi-disciplinary visual artist, educator, and administrator based in Northern Virginia. She received her MFA in Visual Art and Technology from George Mason University in 2019, and her BA in Studio Art from Marymount University in 2012. Jennifer is the Assistant Curator and Gallery Manager at the McLean Project for the Arts, teaches Printmaking at George Mason University, co-producer of Paper Cuts, and founder of the print and book collective ELEMENTS.
Professional Experience
Assistant Curator, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA. 2022
Gallery Manager, McLean Project for the Arts. 2015-2019Coordinating Committee, MPAartfest Artist Liaison. 2016-2021
Adjunct Faculty, Printmaking, George Mason University, 2019-2024
Graduate Lecturer, Printmaking I, George Mason University. Fall 2018, Spring 2019
Instructor, Drawing Basics, Hand Printing, Bookbinding. McLean Project for the Arts. 2019-2021
Co-Producer/Host, Paper Cuts Zines Podcast and Publishing. Washington D.C. 2018-2021
Graduate Professional Assistant, Fenwick Gallery 2017-2018
Co-Curator, Call and Response: Fenwick Gallery. 2017, 2018
Art Edititor, So to Speak. 2016
Guest Lecture: Printmaking 101: Fundamentals of Lino-Cuts. Marymount University February 2016
Exhibitions, Fairs, Collections
MFA Thesis Exhibition, unearth, March 26-April 2, 2019. George Mason University School of Art. Fairfax, Va
Transformer Auction, Katzen Art Center, Washington, D.C. 2023
Metamorphosis, Jennifer Lillis and Christopher Kardambikis, The Writers Center, Bethesda, MD. Summer 2023
Paper Cuts:
Printer Matter LA Art Book Fair, 2023
San Fransisco Art Book Fair, 2023
Capital Art Book Fair, Washington, D.C. 2023
Jersey Art Book Fair, Jersey City, NJ 2023, 2024
Printed Matter’s New York Art Book Fair, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024
Chicago Art Book Fair, 2019
ELEMENTS/ SOLO
Asheville Zine Fest, Asheville, NC June 2022
Cincinnati Art Book Fair, Cincinnati, OH. 2021
An Art Book Fair, Columbus College of Art and Design, 2020
DC Art Book Fair, with ELEMENTS, National Museum of Women in the Arts. Washington, DC. July 2019
Richmond Art Book Fair, with ELEMENTS, Studio TwoThree. Richmond, VA. April, 2019
Pyramid Art Book Fair, with ELEMENTS Hyattsville, MD. 2018
Current Art Book Fair, with ELEMENTS Richmond, VA. 2018
Banner Art Project: hosted by Historic Manassas, Inc. Manassas, VA. April 2015
Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Over the Edge: Paperwork Unbound Exhibition. (Part I and Part II) Brooklyn, NY. October 2014- January 2015
Anacostia Arts Center, “Cheap Thrills.” Washington, D.C. September 2014
email: jennifer.a.lillis@gmail.com